Fantastična adaptacija jednog od najčuvenijih romana Stivena Kinga, po kojem je takodje svojevremeno snimljen istoimeni film. Strip je majstorski odradjen, verno slika dogadjaje iz romana i portretiše karaktere koje se pojavljuju u Stivenovoj knjizi. Kao bonus, autori stripa su uložili dodatan trud u prikazivanju autentičnih lokacija na kojima se radnja priče odigrava.

Priča prati preživele nakon epidemije veštački stvorenog virusa supergripa koji je pokosio 99% populacije. Sada nakon apokalipse oni lutaju opustelim američkim drumovima privučeni dvema misterioznim silama koje ih opsedaju u snovima i izmedju kojih moraju da se opredele. Za njih nema mira jer nakon Apokalipse sledi Armagedon, konačni sukob izmedju dobra i zla.

Preporučujem. ( )

A pretty blow-out end to the comic run.

I mean that literally, not so much figuratively.

While I'm glad the comics have completed the book and the art is pretty decent, I have to admit the story is... well... not as good as I remember. Kinda like the original. It's not my favorite King. Not by a long shot. ( )

The last epic volume is now finished! It ended as well as it started. I guess the magic in the novel is the spread of Captain Trips immediately hooks and addicts you to the book, but then other problems come into play. This volume sure had a ton happening in it. I'm not sure why certain characters at the end didn't get the idea to find a snow plow to try to make it home faster. The panel that really got to me, made me tear up a little bit, was remembering all the people that had that been lost in their Stand. This series was amazingly well done but you can't really match King's power of suspense in his storytelling. That is what makes it special. ( )

Do endless nightmares got you down?

Still fretting over Captain Trips?

Worrying about starting a family but afraid that your eventual child may die upon birth because they're not immune to the terrible disease that nearly brought about the end of the human race?

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I really enjoyed this final volume. I was worried that too much was left for the last book but it certainly didn't feel that way. I was really interested in how they were going to present the ending. It's certainly a unique situation and having seen the mini-series version coupled what I envisioned while reading King's actual book, Perkins art really nailed it.

I must say I'm impressed with how Marvel handled the comic adaptation. Gives me hope for their Dark Tower books. Once I finally finish that series, I plan on giving those a try. ( )